The Stranger by Albert Camus – Paperback
In a world that demands meaning, what happens when one refuses to pretend?
Albert Camus’s The Stranger is a haunting exploration of detachment, morality, and the absurdity of life. Set under the blazing Algerian sun, it follows Meursault—an ordinary man who commits an extraordinary act without reason or remorse. As the weight of society bears down on him, Camus strips away the illusions we live by and dares us to confront the bare reality of existence.
Matthew Ward’s acclaimed translation revitalises the original French prose with clarity and nuance, allowing modern readers to experience the chilling simplicity and quiet rebellion at the heart of this literary classic.
Thought-provoking, unsettling, and enduringly relevant, The Stranger remains one of the most powerful novels of the 20th century—a work that doesn’t provide answers, but leaves you questioning everything.
The Stranger by Albert Camus - Paperback
Albert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913. He spent the early years of his life in North Africa, where he worked at various jobs–in a weather bureau, in an automobile supply firm, in a shipping company–to help pay for his courses at the University of Algiers. He went on to become a journalist, and from 1935 to 1938 he ran the Theatre de l’Equipe, a theatrical company that produced plays by Malraux, Gide, Synge, Dostoyevsky, and others. During World War II he was one of the leading writers of the French Resistance and editor of Combat, then an important underground newspaper. His fiction, incl
